[slurm-users] [EXTERNAL] Possible to copy sacctmgr info from one cluster to another?

[Ole Holm Nielsen]

On 1/13/21 7:19 PM, Mando Rodriguez wrote:
> You can ‘dump’ the info in the slurm database to a file and reload the 
> file (here named cluster.cfg).
> 
> Dump the info with:
> 
> sacctmgr dump slurm_cluster file=cluster.cfg
> 
> You can load the info with:
> 
> sacctmgr load file=cluster.cfg
> 
> It saves all accounts, associations, and partition permissions.


>> On Jan 13, 2021, at 12:01 PM, Julius, Chad <Chad.Julius at sdstate.edu 
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>> All,
>>
>> Curious if it is possible to copy my sacctmgr information (accounts, 
>> users, etc...) from one cluster to another?  For example slurm_cluster1 
>> to slurm_cluster2.

I just tried "sacctmgr dump" as suggested above, and the dump file 
contains all account information needed for migrating to another cluster

If you plan to manage users and accounts by manually editing such a file, 
IMHO this is error-prone and not very transparent.  For daily management I 
propose to use my Slurm accounts tool at
https://github.com/OleHolmNielsen/Slurm_tools/tree/master/slurmaccounts

This tool uses sacctmgr in a structured way based upon account 
configuration files which define your account hierarchy.

Best regards,
Ole